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prepollex

Meaning of "prepollex" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PREPOLLEX

priːˈpɒlɛks


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREPOLLEX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prepollex is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PREPOLLEX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prepollex in the English dictionary

The definition of prepollex in the dictionary is an undeveloped digit growing on the inner side of the forelimb.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREPOLLEX

Cineplex · circumflex · complex · duplex · flex · fourplex · ilex · lex · megaplex · multiplex · perplex · pollex · reflex · retroflex · silex · simplex · suplex · telex · triplex · ulex

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREPOLLEX

prepollence · prepollency · prepollent · preponderance · preponderancy · preponderant · preponderantly · preponderate · preponderately · preponderating · preponderation · prepone · preportion · prepose · preposition · prepositional · prepositional phrase · prepositionally · prepositive · prepositively

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREPOLLEX

apartment complex · B complex · Babinski reflex · cinema complex · funplex · Golgi complex · googolplex · herpes simplex · immune complex · leisure complex · major histocompatibility complex · metroplex · military-industrial complex · Oedipus complex · plex · shopping complex · superiority complex · time-division multiplex · twin-lens reflex · vitamin B complex

Synonyms and antonyms of prepollex in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prepollex» into 25 languages

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The translations of prepollex from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prepollex» in English.
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prepollex
1,325 millions of speakers
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prepollex
570 millions of speakers
en

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prepollex
510 millions of speakers
hi

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prepollex
380 millions of speakers
ar

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قادمة الإبهام
280 millions of speakers
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prepollex
278 millions of speakers
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prepollex
270 millions of speakers
bn

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prepollex
260 millions of speakers
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prepollex
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Prepollex
190 millions of speakers
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prepollex
180 millions of speakers
ja

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prepollex
130 millions of speakers
ko

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prepollex
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Prepollex
85 millions of speakers
vi

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prepollex
80 millions of speakers
ta

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prepollex
75 millions of speakers
mr

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प्रोजेव्हलक्स
75 millions of speakers
tr

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prepollex
70 millions of speakers
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prepollex
65 millions of speakers
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prepollex
50 millions of speakers
uk

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prepollex
40 millions of speakers
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prepollex
30 millions of speakers
el

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prepollex
15 millions of speakers
af

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prepollex
14 millions of speakers
sv

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prepollex
10 millions of speakers
no

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prepollex
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREPOLLEX»

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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna ...
7.70a); prepollex protuberant in both sexes, with a terminal spine in some males 9 8b. No arm or leg fringes, prepollex protuberant or not 10 9a. Web of hand extending to disk on at least one digit; dorsum tubercular; prepollex with a terminal ...
Jay M. Savage, 2002
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Biology of Amphibians
If present, these excrescences always are on the median surface of the prepollex. Figure 3-7. Tusks and spines of male frogs. A. Enlarged mandibular odontoids of Adelotus brevis. B. Labial spines of Leptobrachium (Vibrissaphora) boringii ...
William E. Duellman, 1994
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The Dissection of Vertebrates: A Laboratory Manual
A small prepollex extends medially from the carpals and may represent a reduced metacarpal. In the pelvic girdle, the pelvis is formed on each side by the ilium, ischium, and pubis (Figures 6.1 and 6.4). The slender ilium is an elongated,  ...
Gerardo De Iuliis, Gerald DeIuliis, Dino Pulera, 2006
4
Cunningham's textbook of anatomy
The frequent occurrence of an increase in the number of digits seems to indicate that phylogenetically the number of digits wasgreater than at present, and included a prepollex or prehallux, and a digitus post- minimus. The correspondence of ...
Daniel John Cunningham, 1818
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Phylogenetic relationships, higher classification, and ...
Fusion of preaxial centrale and distal carpal I (Ford, #111; Tyson, # 22). Two small carpals are found at the base of the metacarpal I: prepollex carpale (Ford, 1990) medially, and carpal I laterally. They articulate with the larger preaxial centrale ...
Sheng-Hai Wu, 1994
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Origins of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods: Controversy and ...
6) — i.e., a prepollex and five fingers. Additional elements distal to the radius and to the ulna (and prepollex and postminimus, respectively) are known, and apparently, the prepollex is fully developed in Tulerpeton. The hind limb of Tulerpeton ...
Hans-Peter Schultze, Linda Trueb, 1991
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Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology
The prepollex (Fig. 3.7A,B,E) is a single segment (in all specimens) that articulates only with metacarpal I. It is claw or hook-shaped, with the concave surface of the hook oriented craniomedially. Its articulation is a large rugose, convex boss on ...
Hideki Endo, Roland Frey, 2009
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Comparative Anatomy and Phylogeny of Primate Muscles and ...
the abductor pollicis brevis runs from the carpal region, flexor retinaculum and surrounding ligaments, and also from the 'prepollex' in H. agilis, to the proximal phalanx and sesamoid bone of the thumb, and also to the metacarpal Iin H. agilis  ...
Rui Diogo, Bernard A. Wood, 2012
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Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of ...
Notes: Hepburn (1892) stated that in the Hylobates sp. specimen dissected by him the abductor pollicis brevis runs from the flexor retinaculum, scaphoid and the sesamoid bone ('prepollex') to the radial side of the base of the proximal phalanx ...
Rui Diogo, Josep M. Potau, Juan F. Pastor, 2012
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Acta Zoologica COTF BIO
AN EMBRYOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MAMMALIAN CARPUS portion. In this tip there develop proximally the radiale and apically the cartilage y and the prepollex. The first blastematic tip of the radius to appear thus contains the radiale ...
‎1951

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREPOLLEX»

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Everybody loves glassfrogs
Some glassfrogs have the additional structure present in various anuran hands known as the prepollex, sometimes called the pseudothumb. «Scientific American, Feb 13»
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